Government is creating a more congenial environment to attract more investors into the processing of cocoa beans into refined products, vice-president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said. Speaking at the launch of Cocoa Week Celebration by COCOBOD in partnership with Asaase Radio in Accra, Dr Bawumia who was represented by Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, information minister-designate, …

The role of a minister for finance requires someone with an appreciation of economics as well as the practical understanding of how an economy works, a deep understanding of financial markets and public finance; and for a developing country like Ghana, someone with market credibility at both the domestic and …

Britain has secured a trade deal worth £1.2 billion with Ghana, International Trade Secretary Liz Truss has announced. A joint statement from the two countries said: “Today Ghana and the UK are pleased to announce that they have finalised negotiations on a new Interim Ghana-UK Trade Partnership Agreement. This Agreement will provide for …

  Tarkwa-Nsuaem Member of Parliament (MP), George Mireku Duker says the Supreme Court must charge the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) with contempt of court. According to Hon. Mireku Duker, the NDC, their petitioner and lawyers are all wasting the time of the court and Ghanaians.   The Supreme Court …

Ghana recorded 8,037 deaths from cancer-related diseases in 2020, Dr. (Mrs) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, the former Chairperson of the Ghana Cancer Board, has disclosed. Giving the breakdown, the Consultant Surgeon said, out of the figure, 2,055 related to breast cancer, 3,166 to liver cancer, 1,117 to prostate and 1,699 to …

Spokesperson for lawyers of the petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing has said the decision by the Supreme Court to strike out only five-paragraph out of the 23 that the respondents were asking the court to remove from Rojo Mettle the paragraphs that have been struck out are 4, …

The Deputy Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Savannah Regional, Asumah Mahama, has passed away. He died at the Buipe Holistic Hospital on Thursday, February 4, 2021, after battling a short illness. This news was contained in a press statement signed by the Regional Communication Officer, Malik Basintale. It …

The Supreme Court has by a unanimous decision struck out paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7 and 18 of Rojo Mettle-Nunoo’s witness statement. It was the ruling of the court that these paragraphs had no foundation to the pleadings of the petition. Lead counsels for the 1st and 2nd respondents raised …

A video of the New Patriotic Party’s Campaign Chairman for the 2020 general elections, Peter MacManu, which has resurfaced, seems to suggest some iota of truth in claims made by witnesses for the petitioner, in the ongoing election petition hearing at the Supreme Court. One of the contentious portions of …

    The Offinso south municipal Education Director has dies. According to reports, he is said to have died on February 4,2021. Mr Samuel Oduro Larbi died at Okomfo anokye teaching hospital  (KATH)in kumasi after battling a  short illness. He was appointed to the Offinso south Municipality as the Education …